Shaking conveyer



June 24, 1930.

P. AuRlcH SHAKING CONVEYER Filed Oct. 15, 1927 Patented June 24, 1930 PATENT orifice VPETER aumen, or' BOCHUM, GERMANY,

HABCHINENFABRIK, 0F BOCHUIY, Gm

sHAxING AssxeNon To man man enna: manon,

CONVEYER Application. filed October 15, 1927, Serial No. 226,481, and in Germany Illy 27, 1987.

The invention relates to'shaking conveyers in particularintended to be used in mining service. In order to follow the exhaustion of the sea-m, shaking conveyers .of this ty e must be hitherto disassembled after eX austion, and assembled anew at the new stope. To save the time-consumih work relquired for this disassemblage an reassemblage of the shaking conveyer, the conveyer or its guideways are equipped according to the invention with feeding means, by the aid of which the conveyer may be shifted transversely of its' longitudinal direction. .To diminish the frictional resistances, the

ideways of the shaking conveyer may urther be tted with runners or the like.l

The driving motor of the conveyer is advantageously likewise mounted so as to be shifted. Furthermore, in particular in cases, where the conveyer cannot be slid laterally close to the material to be conveyed, aramp is inserted according to the invention between the conveyer and the material, over which ramp the material may be supplied to the conveyer with little expense of lifting work. v

In order to allow of the invention to be more easily understood, Some preferred embodiments of same are illustrated by way of example in the drawin which accompanies and forms part of t is specification.

. In this drawing:

Fig. 1 is atop view of a shaking conveyer tted with means for lateral shift, 4

Fig. 2 is a corresponding cross-sectional view-in enlarged scale, l

Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view of a transversely shiftable conveyer combined with a loading ramp stationary relatively tio the conveyer,

Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view of a transversely shiftable'conveyer in combinatioi with a loading ramp united therewith, an

Fig. 5 isa similar sectional view of' a transversely shiftable conveyer with a loading ramp which is adav ted to take part in the transverse shi ing motion, but

adapted to execute longitudinal movermlantsV relatively to the conveyer.

Referring first to the embodiment illus- I trated in Figs.. 1 and 2,-/1 denotes the shaking conveyer, to the is attached a device r transversely shifting this guideway,this device consisting of a rack aand pinion* b in mesh therewith,-

guideway r1 of whichwhich lattermay be rocked by means of a hand lever h.. Instead of this pushing means described, a-pull means ma be employed, suchv as ropes or chains. n order to diminish the frictional resistance, runners e may be arranged below the guideways r1, as shown. When the guideways r1 are shifted transversely of the longitudinal di-f rection of the conveyer by means of the described raeks and pinions, the conveyer 7' itself, supported on these guideways r1, is likewise shifted toward the mineral a to be mined. I

The described shifting Vmotion of the conveyer may take place elther over its entire length or sectionally, as in the most cases the joint connections existing between the individual sections of the conveyer have a certain play allowing a slight mutual angular displacement ofthe conveyer sections,

or the joints may be altered to permit this displacement.

In order to allow thedrive ci of the conveyer, see Fig. 1, to easily follow the shifting motion of the conveyer, a transversely acting shifting device is provided for this' drive too, whichdevice may be designed like thatofthe conveyer. In this case the housing .the drive d or its base frame lc is preferably likewise equipped with runners,

. to diminish the frictional resistance.

In those cases, where the shaking con veyer cannot be shifted close to the material to be conveyed, a ramp of suitable lengthis advantageously inter osed between the conveyer and the materia 'This ramp may be stationary or designed to be shiftedY transversely or mcved' longitudinally with'v the conveyer.. Fig. shows such a ramp f",

which is stationary beside the transversely shiftable conveyer r opposite the material g to be conveyed, which is then easily'slid over. this ramp into the conveyer.

In `the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 4

' being o ments are longitudinally reci shifting mechanism conn A of the arranged alongside thereof, means for advantageous to impart to the conveyer a shakin motion which is directed somewhat oblique to its llongitudinal direction, this tained in -simple manner by obllquely arranging the 'guideways r1 of the conveyer.

In the embodiment illustrated in' Fig. 5 the conveyer r and the ramp f5 are mounted on a common runner e, so that-these two' parts ,are shifted transversely together by the shifting device a, l. Besides, the conveyer and the ramp are adapted to execute independent lon 'tudinal motions of the -runner 0*.- Furt ermore, by arranging the guideways e'. of the ramp obliquely, a shaking motion may be imparted to the ramp which is directed oblil uely to the longitu inal direction of the s aklng conveyer.

I claim v 1.' A shaking conveyer and a loading ramp ing said conveyer and said ram -together transversely of the longitudinal rectlon of the conveyer, and means for im arting independent shaking motions to said conveyer and to said ramp.

2. A shaking vconveyer andra drive connected toit, means for shifting said conveyer and said drive transversely o the longitudinal direction of vsaidv conveyer,and a load lng fram arranged alongside the latter.

. 3. A s aking conveyer of the character described comprising va longitudinally reciprocable conveyer element equipped with supporting meanspermittin the conveyer element to be shifted bodily 1n a lateral direction, and shifting mechanism connected to said sup rting. means.

4. A sha 'ng conveyer of the character described comprising a .longitudinally reciprocable. conveyer element equipped with supporting means grmitting the conveyer element to` be shi d bodily in a lateral direction and a shifting mechanism connected'to said supporting means and operable to exert pressure thereon in a direction transversely of the len h of said vsupporting means and conveyer e ement. p

5. A shaking conveyer of the character describedv comprisin conve er elements, fixed gludeways in w 'ch sai conveyer elerocable and a to said guideways and operable to eiectbodil shifting a later direction.

6. A structureY as recited claim 5'ini Y Y' cluding transverselyarranged anti-frictional glide members y underlying'. and supporting said "gdewa shiftment of the loading ram or stopeas occasion arises trol lateral displacement ideways and conveyer e ements in ys shaking conveyer of the rcharactet` described comprising a 'longitudinally re'- ciprocable conveyer element, a drive mechanism connected to said conveyer elementto effect reciprocation thereof, said said supporting means to effect and control conveyer y element and drive mechanism being eqllliptped s 1 lng the aforesaid shifting of the conveyer element and drive mechanism.

8. A shaking conveyer of the character described comprising ciprocable conveyer element, a drive mechanism connected to and controlling reciprocation of said conveyer element, runners supporting said conveyer element and said drive mechanism to facilitate bodil shifting thereof in a lateral direction with respect to the longitudinal' axis of the Aconveyer element and shifting mechanism connected to said conveyer element and said drive mechanism lateral shifting thereof.

to eil'ect and'control y 9. A shaking conveyer oi the character .described comprising a longitudinally reciprocable conveyer element, means for effecting lateral displacement of said conveyer element and a loading ramp ositioned to extend along oneof the ongitu inal sides fof the conveyer element.

10. '1`he structure recilled in claim 9 4including means for eil'ecti g lateral displace- 11. A shaking conveyer of the character described comprising a longitudinally reciprocable conveyer element arranged along side the Working face or stope of a mine tunnel, means for eecting lateral displacement of the conveyer element to position same closer to said working face a shifting mechanism .arranged at the si e of the conveyer remote from said working face or stope and connected to the conveyer to eiect and conthereof and a loading ram rigidly connected to one of the lon tudinal sides of the conve erelement van projecting laterally from t e conveyer element in the direction of said working face or stope.

In testimony whereof, I have s1 name to this 9pcciiication this 23r ed my `day of a longitudinally re- `adapted to be v 

